Zermatt
Travel Blogs from Zermatt, Switzerland
Germany, France, Switerland, Leichtenstein, Italy
Wong & Gem's European Vacation - Diary Update 12 Germany, France, Switzerland, Leichtenstein, Italy Day 198- Wednesday 13th September - 2006 - Butzbach to Speyer to Baden Baden Well today we had to say goodbye to the clan. It has been so great to ...
The Mighty Matterhorn!
... of work & building going on. After that, we caught our 3 gondolas back down the mountain. And as it wasn't too late, we hiked back to Tasch & our campsite. It was a really enjoyable day ... and well worth the $85 each! We're loving ...
Snowboard Dude Hits the Piste
... my full capacity as a top skier back, though I am still working on my powder skills. At the moment I am in Zermatt (rich ski capital of switzerland) so we are checking the apres ski out tonight, however with my 5am start to wisk some client to Zurich ...
The Glacier Express
... ride to Andermatt (1,447 metres). After a decent lunch at Andermatt Station, it was time to board the Glacier Express to Zermatt. Billed as the slowest express train in the world, the Glacier Express winds through the most wonderful scenery first in ...
Gornograt and Klein Matterhorn
... be seen from here, There is a great walk down from the Gornagrat Station that, if time permitted, continues all the way to Zermatt. With limited time, a walk down to Rotenboden Station (2,815 metres) still allows that feeling of the grandeur of the ...
We made it to the Mighty Matterhorn
Well finally made it to the place where my Mountain Design black windproof jacket is named after, the Matterhorn. Zermatt technically, but it isn't that far away. After a very good night's sleep we slowly packed up and left ...
The Matterhorn
... /German speaking area of Wallis / Valais, close to the border of France and Italy. Left aligned photo tag: The village at the for of the Matterhorn is called "Zermatt". You can't come to Switzerland and NOT see the Matterhorn. ...
Heir Ziggenfuss!!
So we got up Friday morning, had breakfast at the hotel. Our hotel included a rather meager breakfast for an additional 15 francs, but we could go back as much as we wanted and actually it would have been more expensive in town. Also, there ...
Are we ever gonna ski?
... . In Milan there was no problem with the train to Brig and after about 2.5 hours we arrived safely but tired in Brig Switzerland. Brig itself looks like an interesting place and I may want to go there for a visit someday. I got us the ...
Climbing the Rathorn
... the lake - wow absolutely sensational! The views from the cable cars was also spectacular - we seemed so high you could only just see Zermatt below. The countryside above the trees is very barren - I guess this would be where the snowline is. Not a lot of ...
TP#61: Zermatt, the Matterhorn, and Heading Home
... went only as far as the first stop, but it was far enough for them to see the Matterhorn! E and "the triplets" stayed in Zermatt in search of sledding opportunities that would allow the kids to "get their energy out". It was a little too wild to sled ...
The lost wallet
... from the Bay area and asked tehm to take pictures for us. From here you could ski to Cervinia, Italy or turn back around to Zermatt. We had plans to meet mom in only 2 hours so after some pictures we were on our way through pristine snow down ...
Magic Zermatt!
... in front of the windows. Got our first peak of the Matterhorn - The Matterhorn is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres (14,690 ft) high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps. ...
We found the Matterhorn!!!
Last night had another gourmet dinner, brought to you by Casino. Canned ravioli; not as good as the one we had a couple nights ago, Mum had the beef version whereas ours was just the legumes job. But it really hit the spot. It started ...
Veronica goes flying!
... a walk through the town before tea (Mel and I also caught the Eurosport replay of Sam Stoser winning the US Open). Need to get ready for our trip through the Swiss Alps on the Glacier Express tomorrow. Our destination is Chur in south east ...
a day of hanging out
... is a train from Zermatt to St. Moritz and it takes 7 hours through the main glaciers on the mountains of southern Switzerland. It was unfortunately booked so we decided last night to go strolling through the village and buy souveniers. ...
The Other Mile High City
So today's schedule was a trip to Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland for a trip to Europe's 4th highest mountain, the Matterhorn. After breakfast in Crans-Montana, we boarded the coaches to go to the German speaking part of Switzerland. After a good trip across ...
Matterhorn, tennis, fondue, rösti...all excellent.
... A little scared for the crowds I am going to have to attack in Italy...I've been a little spoiled being in remote towns in Switzerland the last little bit. Probably wont post while in Venice since it's suppose to be crazy expensive but will do it as ...
Skiing the Alps!
Wow, what a wonderful experience I had this Thanksgiving. I went with a ski club out of this area and there were 100 Americans that went on this trip. We had the entire hotel for just us. They even cooked up a Thanksgiving dinner for us ...
Day 42 - to Zermatt
... a 30% discount to Eurail pass holders. This trip is another spectacular run through valleys and up the sides of mountains to Zermatt. Unfortunately the end of the trip is a dissapointment the Matterhorn is largelly hidden in cloud and Zermatt turns out to ...
Zermatt
Zermatt - too cloudy to see Matterhorn Walked around town, then along river to a gorge & back More walking, shopping Fondue dinner Train back to ...
Zermatt
One of the Years we went to Zermatt for a couple of days, this is a very Unique place being that you can ski over the mountain and go into Cervinia Italy which also has a whole mountain of runs. So we skiied in the early morning on the Swiss side, then we ...
Jan 29, 2011
Christmas in Zermatt
... slopes of the mountain while it was quitely snowing on Christmas day - magic! On boxing day, my aunty and uncle arrived in Zermatt - they have also been travelling around Europe (Russia, Austria and other places) and they are here to ski with us for the ...
Welcome to the Alps
We had our usual rush onto the train in order to get into Zermatt for the afternoon. Elliots first ski resort! The trip involved many good restaurants, awesome lunches and fab dinners. Great to be in the Alps and appreciating Switzerlands ...
Onde as montanhas são fosforescentes
Primeiro dia de ski. Tomamos um bom café no hotel e partimos para a montanha. A caminhada até o lift da montanha já foi um mega exercício minhas botas pareciam pesar uns 10 kilos cada. O tempo não estava muito bom, nevou bastante, mas acabei tendo ...
Trek above the clouds
... particles that make up electrons and positrons and the immense costs and energies involved in the research being conducted there in switzerland. All a littel over my head, but still.... Add to that impressive views over geneva whilst climbing, i ...
Winter Wonderland
... Their mother is family friends of Zac's friend's parents..weeeee. Their chalet is nestled into a remote area of central Switzerland - I'm pretty sure we were the only tourists there, which made it less crowded in general. There was a ...

